‘This year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards were held today Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the Royal Opera House in London. The awards were sponsored for the tenth year running by Orange and will be broadcast on BBC America in the U.S. BBC presenter Jonathan Ross hosted the event for the first time.
This year marked the 60th anniversary of the BAFTAs, cementing their position within the awards calendar as the largest globally recognized international film awards ceremony outside of the United States. The BAFTAs has steadfastly remained an international rather than a purely British showcase.
The BAFTAs are awarded by the British Academy of Film & Television Arts. As one of the organization’s principal functions, BAFTA works to identify and reward excellence in the artforms of the moving image. It achieves this objective by bestowing awards on those practitioners who have excelled in their chosen field of expertise.
BEST FILM
** THE QUEEN – Andy Harries/Christine Langan/Tracey Seaward
BEST DIRECTOR
** UNITED 93 – Paul Greengrass
ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
** FOREST WHITAKER – The Last King of Scotland
ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
** HELEN MIRREN – The Queen
ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
** ALAN ARKIN – Little Miss Sunshine
ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
** JENNIFER HUDSON – Dreamgirls
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
** PAN’S LABYRINTH – Alfonso Cuaron/Alvaro Augustin/Guillermo del Toro
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
** HAPPY FEET – George Miller
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
** LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE – Michael Arndt
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
** THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND – Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock
THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Anne V. Coates
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD
** EVA GREEN
Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
Nick Daubeny
Outstanding British Film of the Year
** THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND – Andrea Calderwood/Lisa Bryer/Charles
Steel/Kevin Macdonald/Peter Morgan/Jeremy Brock
Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in their First Feature Film
** ANDREA ARNOLD (Director) – Red Road
Achievement in Film Music
** BABEL – Gustavo Santaolalla
CINEMATOGRAPHY
** CHILDREN OF MEN – Emmanuel Lubezki
EDITING
** UNITED 93 – Clare Douglas/Christopher Rouse/Richard Pearson
PRODUCTION DESIGN
** CHILDREN OF MEN – Jim Clay/Geoffrey Kirkland/Jennifer Williams
COSTUME DESIGN
** PAN’S LABYRINTH – Lala Huete
SOUND
** CASINO ROYALE – Chris Munro/Eddy Joseph/Mike Prestwood Smith/Martin
Cantwell/Mark Taylor
ACHIEVEMENT IN SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
** PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST – John Knoll/Hal
Hickel/Charles Gibson/Allen Hall
MAKE UP & HAIR
** PAN’S LABYRINTH – José Quetglas/Blanca Sànchez
SHORT ANIMATION FILM
** GUY 101 – Ian Gouldstone
SHORT FILM
** DO NOT ERASE – Asitha Ameresekere
